Comments on: A tiger tale

By: Mercurius

Mercurius — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:21:49 +0000

Two items in this story are a dead giveaway that it is fictional:

a) The phrase “very important tutorials”

and

b) Students complaining that their tutor was missing!
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Paul, if you had only refrained from including such fanciful embellishments, you would’ve had me completely convinced!

By: Ambigulous

Ambigulous — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:15:19 +0000

gggrrrrrowllllll !!! keep eating, you plucky cubs

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:49:25 +0000

The tale of the toilet poster has too much detail to have been made up, not that I have been to the Bjelke-Petersen Memorial University of Suburban South-East Queensland for some years now. When I said ‘fiction schmiction’ I was referring strictly to the opening line of Paul’s post.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:42:20 +0000

Is the tale of the toilet poster not true, PC?

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:39:13 +0000

And this is relevantish, if there’s anyone left in the world who hasn’t heard it yet.

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:35:57 +0000

Fiction schmiction.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:40:56 +0000

Paul, somehow for the Bjelke-Petersen Memorial University of Suburban South-East Queensland that all seems appropriate. The mind boggles.

Perhaps the only time people stand on the toilet at said University is when they are trying not to be seen when the Dean comes in looking for lecturers who are cutting classes.

Turn taps off after use????? What for

By: Paul Norton

Paul Norton — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:34:50 +0000

If the tigers were employed by the Bjelke-Petersen Memorial University of Suburban South-East Queensland, they could supplement their PVC pies and roast DVCs with a side order of Anti-Discrimination Officer, and remain unnoticed.

Said university has affixed to the backs of toilet cubicle doors signs which, in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Javanese, Hindi and Arabic, admonish the reader as follows:

1. No smoking.
2. Sit on the toilet. Do not squat or stand up.
3. Turn taps off after use.

The signs are laminated and are enclosed within perspex panels.

The university provides no such advice in European languages other than English, or in African languages. However, it has taken the trouble to ensure that the injunction against squatting and standing up is prominently displayed in the wheelchair accessible toilet cubicles.

And unlike the opening post, I’m not making this up.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:36:12 +0000

Bet those academic fat cats would have provided a large and hearty meal….nice funny for a Wednesday afternoon, Paul.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:16:31 +0000

I would just like to say that this made me chuckle.